PewDiePie arguing

[Ossie]

I'm seriously disappointed that FG did this... they don't seem sorry that this happened; quite the opposite, one of the main devs made a thread to discuss the video, the first thread I've ever seen him make.

Maybe this isn't fair, but I see this as a sell-out. The devs set out to make something really special with aamfp, they talk considerably more about their artistic vision for the game and remarkably deep understanding of how to develop a horror game, and then they go and use PDP to market the game (pretty obvious, since PDP clearly had strict guidelines for how much he could show, those guidelines had to come from somewhere).

Is this really the guy you want to show off your game the weeks before it comes out? For fucks sake, the guy doesn't even know when the game is being released, he obvious doesn't give a shit about it anymore than yet another game to milk views out of.

I find myself mostly agreeing with you - the video is made to appeal to the lowest common denominator and as a result does the game a disservice (as did PDP's original playthrough of ATDD). I say this because of the people involved in its creation - by all accounts it's a smart game with a good story but by letting PDP 'advertise' it you turn it into a dumb fright-fest with zero atmosphere and silly 'jump'/scream/yelling moments (and let's not forget the additional text added by PDP to 'enhance' the shouts and screams).

So, as a result of this, anyone of moderate intelligence who is vaguely interested in the game will possibly see this video, see how stupid it is and say "nahhh" ..... and that's it. Lost sales.

However, I would assume that a few lost sales is nothing compared to all of the sales they will garner from PDP fans and those of a similar ilk.

This isn't being snobbish or elitist, it's disappoinment at the way that Frictional are choosing to 'market' the game. I realise they need to earn money, but this is surely the 'low brow' way to go about it. Why limit yourself to the lowest common denominator? Such people are fickle and easily pleased, but they also have short attention spans and rapidly move onto other things. Try aiming higher with the marketing and so appeal to people like many of those who post on Neogaf - even AAMFP has a thread there:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=653391

but while it has four pages of posts it's not exactly overflowing with excitement. This is the sort of 'crowd' that you need to appeal to, who will not only invest in the game but who will likely keep on investing time in it and spread the word.

The actual publication of this video seriously p*sses me off too - why let this out over two weeks before the game's actual release? One week before release would have been plenty.